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PAST SIMPLE PRACTICE WITH FAMOUS PEOPLE FROM HISTORY

Level: elementary
Age: 10-14
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Past simple IRREGULAR VERBS

Level: elementary
Age: 9-12
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Martin Luther King Jr (Biography)

Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
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SIMPLE PAST DOMINO
This material will help people practice and relate the verbs and the sentences with the support of pictures too.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
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Simple Past Bingo

Level: elementary
Age: 12-14
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Review past tense

Level: elementary
Age: 7-17
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Simple Past Test + KEY
Simple Past Test + KEY
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
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Halloween + past simple
Learn about Halloween traditions + put the verbs in the past simple
Level: elementary
Age: 10-12
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Life without the internet - how do I use internet daily?
In this worksheet, students reflect on how things are done online nowadays and how they were done in the past without the internet
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
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Past Simple and Past Continuous
Students complete the text by choosing the right vertb tense and then watch the video "The Misterious Stalker" on YouTube to correct the exercise. Students practise the difference betwenn Past Simple and Continuous.
Level: elementary
Age: 13-100
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My Small Win
There is a radio programme on BBC 2 which has an item where people ring in with their �small wins� - something not particularly important that went right for them and made their day. I heard this anecdote on there.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100
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IRREGULAR VERBS

Level: elementary
Age: 10-15
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LAST SUMMER
There are some poem-based activities to learn and practice irregular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-11
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Philip�s Saturday Evening
A story about a man whose Saturday evening starts off badly, but gets better. They have to edit the text by adding capital letters and full stops. T/F and questions. There is a key for the edit.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
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Speaking Cards with Past Simple
I made these Speaking Cards with the Past Simple to practice speaking with students. I hope you enjoy it!
Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
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Women inventor for ESL teaching
Hi! I have prepared this task to develop with students. The idea is that they are given an investigation time to select a women inventor. Once they have selected her they will be given time to investigate her life. As you can see in the presentation, the objetive is that students prepare "instagram profiles" in paper, about that particular woman. T...
Level: elementary
Age: 10-15
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


simple past
This is a "drilling activity" for the little ones to practice asking and answering questions with the structure "Could you....?. Enjoy.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


SHAKESPEARE WEBQUEST
Useful PPT where students can work in teams and individually learning about Shakespeare�s life. They practice how to write a biography in past simple.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-14
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


ATAT�RK ppt
Atat�rk�s Life
Level: elementary
Age: 9-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Simple past grammar
a funny presentation of the simple past
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple exercises
Past Simple exercises
Level: elementary
Age: 5-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


-ed Pronunciation
This powerpoint helps students practice the pronunciation of past form regular verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Millie Bobby Brown Biography
This PPT is a good tool to show your students how to develop critical thinking as well as to write a summary of a biography about a person they like.
Level: elementary
Age: 12-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The Selfish Giant Part 2
It is the second part of the story. The presentation includes activities to practice grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-9
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


What did you do? with a funny PPT
This is a funny PPT prepared for teaching past simple questions and answers. My students enjoyed the pictures a lot. They wanted to redo it so many times. I hope your students will enjoy with it, too. There are 2 parts of this PPT. Remember to download the other one, too. Enjoy!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Teach Past Simple with this Funny PPT
This is a funny video that you can teach how to asnwer questions in past tense. My students enjoyed it a lot. Hope you�ll love it. There are two parts of this video. Remember to download the other one, too! Have fun.
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Red - short film - simple past
Questions about the short filme RED that can be found on youtube. The students will watch the video, then answer some questions about it using the past tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 11-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple

Level: elementary
Age: 15-100
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


The Selfish Giant Part 3
It is the third part of the story. The presentation includes activities to practice grammar, vocabulary and reading comprehension.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-9
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 


Past Simple of the verb to be
It�s an explanation on the past simple of the verb to be. There are also some exercises.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-17
Format: PowerPoint

 

 

 

 

 

 


Crazy Grandma Hawaii Adventure
Simple pas simple regular verbs and irregular verbs exercise.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12

 


Past Simple vs. Past Progressive
Exercises to help student practise Past Simple and Past Progessive.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100

 


PAST SIMPLE TENSE
Students will practice the past simple tense by complete affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences and short answers.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100

 


PAST SIMPLE TENSE: IRREGULAR VERBS
This game helps students to practice some irregular past simple verbs.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-100

 


Past simple test
Test of past tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 


past verbs
Choose the correct verb in past simple to win the game!!
Level: elementary
Age: 7-100

 


Past tense test
Short test of reading, grammar and listening
Level: elementary
Age: 14-100

 


Pewdiepie
Its an easy test for children in the age 8-12.
Level: elementary
Age: 8-12

 


the wolf who wanted (past tense)
Des verbes du livre "le loup qui voulait voyager.
Level: elementary
Age: 9-100

 


Regular Verbs
Find the verbs in the wordsquare and turn them into past tense.
Level: elementary
Age: 10-11

 


seven years simple past song
It�s an easy song about the simple past
Level: elementary
Age: 7-10

 


Irregular Verbs Hangman (Past Tense)
Students must guess the correct form of the irregular verbs in past simple
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100

 


The Ant and the Grasshopper (Past Tense
In this exercise, students must choose the correct form of the verb in past tense, and then choose the pronunciation of the past tense suffix.
Level: elementary
Age: 6-100

 


Past Simple Verbs (mainly irregular ones)
I made this game so my students can practice using the correct form of the past participle, mainly with the irregular verbs
Level: elementary
Age: 12-14

 


Test
was, were exercise
Level: elementary
Age: 8-10

 

 

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